J. F. Haus was a colonel of the infantry who was appointed the first military commandant of Atjeh under the civil governor A. Pruys van der Hoeven on 6 April 6 April 1881, following the separation of the civil and military commands by the Governor-General Van Lansberge. The appointment, together with the discharge of Lieutenant-general Van der Heyden from his functions, was one of the last administrative acts of Van Lansberge, who had himself requested discharge for health reasons.
The Separation of Commands, 6 April 1881
By the Governor-General’s decision, by virtue of authority already granted by the King in 1879, it was decided to separate the civil and military commands and to entrust the civil administration in Atjeh to a civil governor. The Lieutenant-general Van der Heyden was honourably discharged from his functions, and A. Pruys van der Hoeven was appointed civil governor; the military command was entrusted to Colonel J. F. Haus of the infantry. Both assumed their functions on 6 April 6 April 1881.
Significance
The separation of the civil and military commands was the formal transition of Atjeh from a military command to a regular administrative gewest of Netherlands India. Colonel Haus, as the first military commandant under the civil governor, was responsible for the conduct of military operations in Atjeh, which — notwithstanding the formal establishment of civil government — continued throughout the Atjeh-oorlog in the form of guerrilla resistance, especially in the upper lands of Pedir and the XXII Moekims.
See Also
- A. Pruys van der Hoeven
- K. van der Heyden
- J. W. van Lansberge
- Establishment of Civil Government in Aceh (6 April 1881)
- Indies Army
- Aceh War
Source
De geschiedenis van Nederland in onzen tijd, by J. A. de Bruyne, Directeur der Hoogere Burgerschool te Zierikzee. Deel IV. 1872-1883. Nieuwe uitgave. Schiedam: J. F. Dupont, 1912, Hoofdstuk I, pp. 113-115.
J. F. Haus was a colonel of the infantry who was appointed the first military commandant of Atjeh under the civil governor A. Pruys van der Hoeven on 6 April 6 April 1881, following the separation of the civil and military commands by the Governor-General Van Lansberge. The appointment, together with the discharge of Lieutenant-general Van der Heyden from his functions, was one of the last administrative acts of Van Lansberge, who had himself requested discharge for health reasons.
The Separation of Commands, 6 April 1881
By the Governor-General’s decision, by virtue of authority already granted by the King in 1879, it was decided to separate the civil and military commands and to entrust the civil administration in Atjeh to a civil governor. The Lieutenant-general Van der Heyden was honourably discharged from his functions, and A. Pruys van der Hoeven was appointed civil governor; the military command was entrusted to Colonel J. F. Haus of the infantry. Both assumed their functions on 6 April 6 April 1881.
Significance
The separation of the civil and military commands was the formal transition of Atjeh from a military command to a regular administrative gewest of Netherlands India. Colonel Haus, as the first military commandant under the civil governor, was responsible for the conduct of military operations in Atjeh, which — notwithstanding the formal establishment of civil government — continued throughout the Atjeh-oorlog in the form of guerrilla resistance, especially in the upper lands of Pedir and the XXII Moekims.
See Also
- A. Pruys van der Hoeven
- K. van der Heyden
- J. W. van Lansberge
- Establishment of Civil Government in Aceh (6 April 1881)
- Indies Army
- Aceh War
Source
De geschiedenis van Nederland in onzen tijd, by J. A. de Bruyne, Directeur der Hoogere Burgerschool te Zierikzee. Deel IV. 1872-1883. Nieuwe uitgave. Schiedam: J. F. Dupont, 1912, Hoofdstuk I, pp. 113-115.